Grave vault



E. H. SCOTT GRAVE VAULT Filed May 25, 1933 Patented Feb. 13, 1934 hATEN'l QFFECE GRAVE VAULT Elisha Harrison Scott, Richmond, Ind, assignor to W. N. Johnson Automobile Sheet Metal Works, Richmond, Ind,

Indiana a corporation of Application May 25, 1933. Serial No. 672,851

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in grave vaults, and it is an object of the invention to provide a grave vault that will combine reenforcing despite relatively thin sheet metal and at the same time present a decorative appearance despite the reenforcing, by providing a blanket the wrinkles of which are so arranged that the combined struck-up blanket and the system of wrinkles will reenforce the vault and prevent it from flattening out after it has been pressed to shape.

An additional object is to provide a grave vault composed of parts that may be nested for shipping purposes and thereafter assembled for use.

It is an object of this invention to provide a grave vault consisting of a one-piece body having an integral top and sides and separately formed attachable ends, the top having formed therein ornamental projections.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a grave vault comprising, among other parts, a one-piece body having struck up therefrom a part of the metal in imitation of a blanket, with folds or wrinkles therein to imitate folds or wrinkles in a blanket.

These and other advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the finished vault.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the body part of the vault with the ends removed.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical section through one end of the body, showing the end of the vault attached thereto.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the vault.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

The body or main part of the vault is formed from a piece of sheet metal and consists of sides 1, a top 2 and side flanges 3, pressed out at the bottom of the sides. For almost the entire length of the body the top is pressed up to form a blanket 4, which has pressed up therein beads or ribs in imitation of folds or wrinkles in a blanket.

One set 5 of these ribs is arranged diagonally across the top, adjacent one side of the top, while another set 6 is arranged diagonally across the top in the opposite direction and adjacent the opposite side, while still another set 7 extends across the top from one side of the top to the other.

It will be observed that the inner ends of the ribs in the sets 5 and 6 overlap, thereby in cooperation with the ribs 7, strengthening the top of the vault and giving it transverse rigidity and also longitudinal rigidity, owing to the fact that the wrinkles 5 and 6 extend diagonally of the top.

Because of these ribs adding strength and rigidity to the top the whole body may be formed of relatively thin sheet metal, thereby producing a vault that is light and at the same time rigid and stout. These wrinkles or folds not only give strength and rigidity but add to the appearance and beauty of the vault when finished.

The body or the vault is pressed from one piece of sheet metal and is adapted to receive at each end an end member 8, which has on its bottom a flange 9 corresponding in shape to the flanges 3. Each end has a reduced neck part 10 adapted to fit within the end of the body, with the end of the body abutting against a shoulder 11 formed by the neck and the end as a whole. The neck 10 and the shoulder 11 are formed not only on the main part of the end but also on the flange 9. The part 11 of the flange 9 fits within the flange 3 of the body of the vault.

For shipping purposes the bodies may be nested one within the other, with the ends separated therefrom. The ends may be similarly nested within one another and orated and packed for shipping purposes. After the parts have reached their destination they may be assembled and welded together so that the finished vault will be the result, as shown in Figure 1. After the ends have been welded to the body the vault may be painted and decorated in any desirable color and manner. For the purpose of transporting the vault there are provided handles 12.

It will be observed that the vault is composed of three parts, two of which are alike and may be formed in the same manner and by the same machinery so that the parts which enter into the making of the finished vault are few and easily assembled, and durable when assembled.

By the system of wrinkles or struck-up areas and the blanket I not only reenforce the structure, thereby enabling lighter metal to be used if desired, but also prevent the vault from spreading out flat after it has been once pressed into shape in a press. By arranging the ribs across the top of the vault and extending down to the corners of the vault, with the inner ends of the diagonal ribs overlapping the center line or the vault; and by arranging end ribs extending completely across the top and to the sides of the vault; and by adding to this system of ribs so arranged a struck-up blanket which extends across and down the sides of the vault, I am enabled to provide a rigid reenforced construction while at the same time providing for a very decorative structure as the vault is covered by an imitation blanket, the folds of which constitute the ribs.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend Within my invention such modifications as come within the scope of my claims and my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A grave vault consisting of a body having ends, sides and a top, a reinforcing portion bounded by a raised margin on each side extending longitudinally along each side intermediate the ends of the vault and the bottoms of the sides, each of said longitudinal margins being joined by transverse raised margins located adjacent the ends of the vault, the portion of the vault lying intermediate said longitudinal and transverse margins constituting said reinforcing portion.

2. A grave vault consisting of a body having ends, sides and a top, a raised portion bounded by a raised margin on each side extending longitudinally along each side intermediate the ends of the vault and the bottoms of the sides, each of said longitudinal margins being joined by transverse raised margins located adjacent the ends of the vault, the portion of the vault lying intermediate said longitudinal and transverse margins constituting said raised portion, and a plurality of ribs in said raised portion.

3. A grave vault consisting of a body having ends, sides, and a top, a raised portion bounded by a margin on each side extending longitudinally along each side intermediate the ends of the vault and the bottoms of the sides, each of said longitudinal margins being joined by transverse raised margins located adjacent the ends of the vault, the portion of the vault lying intermediate said longitudinal and transverse margins constituting said raised portion, and a plurality of pressed up ribs extending from said raised portions, certain of said ribs being formed at angles to each other and to said boundary margins, whereby to strengthen said vault against longitudinal and transverse stresses.

ELISI-IA HARRISON SCOTT. 

